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In a big nature conservation win, the Andrews Government announced in early 2017 that the Anglesea Heathlands would soon be included in the Great Otway National Park. This is the remarkable result of...

Recreational and commercial harvesting is risking the future of pipis, a small mollusc on Victoria’s beaches. Pipis live beneath the sand in the intertidal zone of high-energy beaches. They feed on...

What’s best for the Moolap coastal wetlands and Point Henry on the southern edge of Geelong, a park for nature conservation and the community or a canal estate and residential development for an...

For more than 40 years there has been talk about reforming marine and coastal planning and management in Victoria. More than 16 statutes and plenty of policies, strategies and plans have created a...

What future do we want for Western Port as it faces the threat of major impacts if chosen as the site of Victoria’s second container port? To help answer that question, VNPA, The Australian...

We’re losing coastal nature because of climate change and coastal, urban, port and industrial development driven by a rapidly growing population. VNPA’s report, The coast is unclear, reveals that...

Our nature conservation reviews bring together a unique analysis of the state of nature in Victoria....

Large coastal area up for grabs. What to do with 1200 ha of ‘prime’ coastal land on the edge of Geelong is now the subject of an Andrews Government planning process. The Moolap coastal...

Victoria has the greatest concentration of waterways ofy mainland state. There are about 85,000km, as well as 500,000 hectares of diverse wetlands: lakes, floodplain billabongs, alpine peatlands...

The natural environment is complex, with thousands of species interacting to form ecosystems. Australia has created a web of laws, polices and strategies at national, state and local levels to...